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GOAT AND HAT HOOK. No. 353,567. Patented Nov. 30,1886.

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WJTNES SES UNITED STATES EDWARD D. LAWSON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT AND HAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,567, dated November 30, 1886.

Application filed September 30, 1886. Serial No.214,995.

' vided with a locking device so constructed that a coat, hat, or other article clamped therein cannot be carried off by an unauthorized person.

The peculiar and novel construction of my coat and hat hook is pointed out in the follow ing specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane as 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the stationary section of my hook, and B is the movable section. The stationary section A is firmly secured to or made integral with the bracket 0, which serves to fasten the hook to a wall or other place, and which is provided with two or more screw-holes, z 6. Instead of providing the section A with a bracket, said section may be provided with a screw-shank or any other suitable device for securing the same in the desired position. The movable section B is connected to the stationary section A by a pivot or pintle, a, and it is provided with a spring, 70, which has a tendency to throw the same open, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. From the movable section projects a standard, L, for supporting a hat, and a hook, M, from which a cap, vest, or other article of wearing-apparel can be suspended.

The stationary hook-section A is provided with a convex jaw, b, and to the movable hooksection B is secured a concavejaw, c, which, when closed down, fits the convex jaw b. Over said concave jaw is stretched an elastic band, d, while the convexjaw b is provided with a covering, 6, of felt or other suitable material, so that when the back of a coat is placed upon the jaw band the jaw c is closed down the (N0 model.)

coat will be firmly clamped between the two jaws without sustaining any injury.

From the shank of the movable section B projects a catch, f, through a slot in the shank of the stationary section A, and this shank is provided with two lugs, ll, which form the guides for a spring-latch, g. This latch is inclosed in a case, m, which is secured to the bracket 0, and which contains a hole for the key n. By turning this key in the proper direction the spring-latch g is thrown back, so as to release the catch f, and as soon as this is done the movable section B is thrown up to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 by the action of the spring k.

On the shank of the movable section B is se cured a hook, 0, which forms astop to prevent said section from flying open beyond the desired limit. By this stop the movable section, when open,is retained in a convenient position to permit the introduction of a portion of a coat or other article between the jawsb c, and then to depress the movable section, so as to clamp the coat and to lock the said section.

I do not claim as my invention the conibi' nation of a locking device with a coat and hat hook, such being not new.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the two sections A B of a hook, and with a locking device, of a convexjaw, b, secured to one of the hooksections, a concave-j aw, a, secured to the other hook'section, and the elastic band d, stretched across the clamping-surfaceof said concave jaw, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the two sections AB of a hook, the hinge-joint connecting the same, and with a locking device, of the spring 70, secured to one of the hook-sections, and the stop 0, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD D. LAWSON. [n s] 

